Death toll mounts in Kenya as police intensify crackdown on protests against US-IMF backed tax regime
After police killed six protesters and arrested more than 300 on July 19, Kenya’s left and human rights group warned of a resurgent police state. Kenyans have been protesting President William Ruto’s Finance Act that increases taxes on essential goods
UN proposes elimination of all nuclear weapons as first step under new agenda for peace
Rising geopolitical and geo-economic tensions across the globe need a better, reformed, and updated UN system which reflects the growing multipolarity and is more representative, unbiased, and effective
One Palestinian youth killed, four others wounded in Israeli occupation’s raid on Nablus
Palestinians were resisting Israeli occupation forces who stormed the area to provide security cover to illegal settlers invading the locality. Since the Israeli occupation of the West Bank in 1967, extremist right-wing settlers have tried to claim exclusive access to Joseph’s Shrine, which has been visited by people of all faiths for ages
Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa was spied on by Spanish company for CIA
According to El País, private security company UC Global SL spied on Rafael Correa after he left office and passed information about his private meetings to the CIA as well as to his successor Lenín Moreno
Progressives in the UK protest Tory government’s anti-refugee policies
The notorious Illegal Migration Bill pushed by the Tories was passed by the UK parliament and received royal assent on July 20. It has been fiercely opposed by a activist groups and leftist forces
Political prisoners Patrick Zaki and Mohamed el-Baqer are free
Patrick George Zaki had been sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday while Mohamed el-Baqer, the lawyer of Alaa Abdel Fattah, was serving a four-year term. Rights organizations have urged Egypt to free all political prisoners
Bangladesh ranked worst country for workers in ITUC’s 2023 Global Rights Index
The 2023 Global Rights Index noted that workers’ rights have consistently deteriorated in the Asia Pacific region over the last 10 years with governments passing various laws that undermine workers’ interests
Ships headed to Ukraine via Black Sea legitimate targets for attacks, warns Russia
The warning comes following Ukraine’s attempts to revive the Black Sea grain deal without Russia. Ukraine is pitching a proposal that involves other countries providing protection to ships carrying its grain